document.write( "Question 1123952: n a certain liberal arts college with about 10,000 students, 42% are males. If two students from this college are selected at random, what is the probability that they are of the same gender? \r
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document.write( "There are 4200 males and 5800 females.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that two students from this college, selected at random, are males is  ..\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that two students from this college, selected at random, are females is  ..\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that two students from this college, selected at random, are of the same gender is the sum\r\n" );
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document.write( "    . + . = 0.5128 (rounded to 4 decimal places).\r\n" );
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